——— i Glorious Autpmn. mn sutunon, golden autumn of our Norihera lime, Spring they say's n splendid season, but y ut bent it every time. Season of delightal evenings, charming mornings, gloriously noons, Purpie dawning: rosy sunsets, tender star- light, mellow moons, Crim Crim anamn, golden autumn, autumn ol our Northern clime, Life is sweet nna worth the living when wo fee you in the prime. In the sutumn days we suffor neither from the heat nor cold, And there are no flies upon us while the scaptre she doth hold. Let the poets sing of spring time, let them, we don't care a rap: Hoary winter: glorious autumn, | ngers in your lap. Colds, nor chills, nor dread pheumonia ever do your reign molest, Sun mer 10ids Ler arms around you exp res upon your breast. Dies upon your hosom, sutumn, leaving you the wreath she won, All the riches that she gsthered ‘neath a fiercely burning gun. But you freely share them with us till old winter in bis rege, Hoary winter comes torob yon of your precious heritage. In the autumn twist the winter's cold and summer's parching heat, : We are ae'er assailed with questions as we pass slong the etreet. Questions fool gh, idiotic, answered not except by lev, : fa Sica as, “Cod as blazes, ain't it?” or, “Is't het enough for you?’ never and In the sutumn when she glory lies upon the woods and hills, We've more iceman’s monthly bills, In tue sutuma comes rejoicing, for the | picnic season's by, And we run no risk of sitting on lemon. squash, or custard pie. Crisom sutumn, purple autumn, golden sutumns, season blest, All tae days are full of pleasure, all LDY nights are full of rest. e f Wi been bh Saved the e¢ity built by brother” Romulus. Alan les suspen to mankind cheer, Ia the sutumn, gorgeous sutamn, gladdest senoon of the year! — iL the B THE SISTER OF CHARITY. the story hath down to us Ramus and i nded, such us gives altitn 1" ston Con er The sun's rays bent down with | gc rching ardor from the dark blue 8ty, but a rising sea breeze refreshes the atmosphere impregnated with fra grance grafted from the orange trees. ] the hill growing in terraces alohg iil 8 des of Upper Mustapha, At the head of the bay, where the waves breaking monotonously on the the 1 shore with a sandy beach, silvery crescent of foam, are laid out tie drill swelling crowd in cosmopolitan array y rroands, toward wilicn a are wending their Skinoy horses come way. i ywhn the Ll em y gail ping behind dr AMIE ng Native soldiers lors. YS Vib " phet usbeus \ ro i the | Arab with shrill tinct banner ow while rude men's | the aur music. Squadrons of spahis- ia red) of cha iA ge 11 ie, and hussars in greese uniform liv stand are thronged with the women in the eolony, in the m whom ara a sumber of those mysid led iN ously we sh Iadies, with heavy d ahkles, | All wre abimated by #1 #1 bf 0 8 Aroun noise male dy the lireing ol ’ siting tha 4 guns, ia beating of tamtams, ard the gutteral exclamations of thenative horsemen, ridiag around at full speed, making theepeetator fel dizzy as his eye fob Low them around ihe giddy ' carve o! their frenzied course, The fantasia bad cemsed fora few minutes to let the riders catch their | breath, when the groups open to make | way for a prond Amazon, escorted by two di:tingaished lcoking gentlemen | —~one gray haired, sporting the ro- setre of the Legion of Honor; the other younger, bearing on his sun. but features all the marks that go to show grest decision of character, As they gc by every head is uncov- ered with respectful politeness, * ~ » » » Miss Genevieve 8 —— at this time, Just after the coup d'etat, was regard ed as the queen of Algiers. Actoat- ed by a love of pleasure, she was the the leader at «very ball in the gov- ernor’s palace, an | in every hunting party at Cape Muatifou she was always in the frout rack, surrounded by a host of admirers, With a complex- ion'of milk and roses, hair slightly tinged «bh goli sod twisted into a graceful coil, ao air of pride height. ened by a Are perfection of form, her beauty was as radiaut in riding Iabitas in ba'l attire. She cap no more ice cream to pay for, no | bis | | very low tone of voice, one of the na tivated at first sight, and though a trifle haughty toward her equals, those beneath her always found her more than kind. Her father, one of the two horse- men following ber, at the time filled an important post, in the colony, He was a widower. His wife a lovely American girl from New Orleans, had bequeathed to her daughter the graceful manners aod high spirits that characetrize the Creoles of that latitude, The other, and determived looking percon, who had pressed his horse forward so as to be at her side, was her affianced husband, Mr. Raoul de Li , one of the richest colonists of the country, who, after sowing bis wild oats in Paris, had come to the conquered pioneer, to build up a for- tune on the ruins of the one be had dissipated. Success had crowned his efforts, and, at that time, he was the principal purveyor to the army, aod had the reputation of being one of the few whose integrity was above re- proach, He bad succeeded in win- ping the love of Miss Genevieve. The banos had already been published, and the marriage ceremony, set for the following week, was to take place in the cathedral of Algiers. There was a general movement in the crowd. - The greater part horri. | ed to the road of the Jarden d’essai, | over whieh the coursers were to pass, | Miss Genevieve beckoned to her two | | companions to follow, and the three | {set off, at a slow pace, in order to | avoid running over those who were | trudging along afoot. As she passed, | every eye gazed with admiration upon the dashiog amazon, Vanity, the great femine weakness could not allow Miss Genevieve to re. main insenzible to the mute homage tendered on every side. As she was | riding along, a smile of triumph on her lips, she was thunderstruck on hearing in pure French this exclama tion What a preety girl, What a vine mistress she would be! ai brutal to th Stung to the quick i LH + tha v ‘ ! tart remparg, te young gir: turne side whegee ; it bad come. Raising her nding whip, she was about to | hastise the insolent person who had it fall ruptly without inflicting the intended | le uttered the words, but let ab- | low, and ro off at a gall pe | who had ; v tuck he VETTuOK ner, brilliantly eras winging | mn ween Bab Azoun and B day: » military i grief, ints of the ¢ At the right hand corns ds the Uali 0 eel u] » Away, Ra Hl Trovatore” are appeared in Lhe saloor Casting a searching look about the walked stra ghtto 8 round table where three Arabs were silently sipping ao iced beverage. Pardon dressing himself to one 5 me ented he, ad ol the three, was it not you who sard at the race, a while ago, what a pretty girl | what | a divine mistress she would be ? In reply to this question, put ina : | tives an imposing looking Arab, with | turban on his head and attired in the rd spencer of an officer of spahis, the cross of the Legion of Honor spark- ling .n his breast, arose and said : Yes, sir; it was L Well, lieutenant, the Woman you insulted would have chastised you as you so well merited had not the sight of that cross you wear there checked her arm What she would not do, 1 will, because I deem you unworthy of wearing that cross, With these words Raoul snatched off the emblem and threw it upon the table, The insult was too public for those around to remain quiet. Everybody arose and waited in great agitation the answer of the spahi. The Arab made no motion, For awhile the two adversaries stood facing each other in in Sieve} then aout turned on his heel wal before stupor, Some, prompted by a feeling | hors“men, Civillans as well | plain pear | antagonist, both mounted { ists, bearheaded, overlook | lnkerman. | Kamiesch., ing in the offing of the harbor, {them to the hospital at Constantin. of disdain for the conquered race, ap- proved the insult, while others could vot find words enough to express their censure of sn act that dragged the Legion of Honor (nto a private quarrel, the cause of which all ignor- ed. The insulted officer exchanged a few words in Arabic with his two companions, who arose quietly, and the three passed in silence through the crowd, which seemed to sumiog a threatening aspect. The news of the scandal soon spread throughout the city, and, as is usual in such cases, two parties were form- ed. The colonists supported Raoul. The officers, actuated by a feeling of fellowship, felt aggrieved by the insuly offered to one of their number, even though the offended person was a na. tive. The women were especially bit, ter against Raoul, either because of Jealousy, born of a feeling of envy of the beauty of Miss Genevieve, who they accused of being too free in ber ways, or through sympathy for the caid of Boghari, Ahmed-bel-Adji, one of the best known officers of the colony. * be as- * » » Just before dawn the next morning a sentry, posted in the lower Musta- pha quarter, saw several of as mili tary men, ridiog in the direction of the Maison Carree. Daylight reveal bodies | ed an unusual scene going on in th Raoul's house. Lists | were being inclosed as in the palmy days of chivalry. The coid and his on superb dis apart, n : chargers, facing each other at of waited the sigoal for the A Ji) tance about meters Gilset, while hrougl those who attended thy 1 curiosity, flanked the li to varying emotions. he condition of the duel ade the F ¥ m ig s nla ys olive the cllense given, fight a serious matter, cons)nant ) The two antogon- to fight horseback until disabled, the privilege were on | being accorded to both to use either saber or cavalry pistol at t 4 : ius equalizing the coma Arab whose inferiority tothe Eu in : sword play was well | T men, sw he arama 4 + Vi rd in hand, rushed and a furious fight began witli a ho { Al : dl A i Created a : zd with entered sied Geneve N Soon VAS Dy after this «he AES n : or Lhe ¢ As and was under, upos ¥ : . 3 Lin OF au led diers, is decendiog the heig freichied with woun or Mis wil the devasiated plaing It somes to a halt on the ¥ the inhospitable shores of the Day of What a painful embark Stand ing up io the lighters herded together fever and chilled by the mist, the pour soul® like cattle, burning with are amisted up the side of a steamer’ which awaits their arrival to convey ople. They are hoisted up the ladders as well as possible by the sailors, now aud then braised against the wnettiog or dreached by the surf. For two days they steam across the Black sea, beneath a wild sky, and amid the roar of the tempests, many a suf. fering soldier breathes his last, aod is consigned to n watery grave in the briny deep. The reverse side of a medal gained in times of war is not always pleasant to contemplate. At last they glide into the calmer waters of the Bosphorus, regaining their wonted spirits as natcre seems to present & more smiling face. At } of Pera. Military nurses await them at the doors « f the hospital, and the weak and fainting soldiers are carried to beds where, too often, nightmare and insomnia are rendered more frightful by the groans and death rat- tle of the dying. Quiet seems to prevail in this long, whitewashed hall, dimly lighted by the flickeriug flames of the night lamps only when, like guardian angels, hovering over the sullerer’s couch, the Sisters of Charity with their great white, winged bonnets, move noisless- ly from one bed to another, on their mission of mercy. To the dying come tender memories of their native land, an inexpressible consolation in their last moments; to the living a future prospect of a return to their distant homes is opened as the holy daughters of mercy. How many owe their moral as well as their physical resurrection to the tender care of Sister Theresa. An independent nurse, she glides quietly from bed to bed, her calm sweet face resembling some hieratic figure. Of chaste and severe style of beauty, purified by worldly sorrow, she seemed one of | tal with her rosary dangling from her { waist, No trouble is to great for her, | and when the hot south wind makes | the and like “hirsty beasts, she is seen in the shade wounded sick pant of the gloomy cypress trees, with a of & mother, the care as tender as that bathing the wounds of prisoner, upon whose flesh worms are already begining to feast, * » ta : All day tl suously. 8 : Ti hospital, calling on Sisters € house inquired: What news, sister’ It has been a bad day, major, she, 14 apt to be irritat d. At | £ rej When the body suffers the mind the end of his vi 0 her particalar care 0} eration bad been pr riormed on him He fre ! houlder Ther I to exiract at At dusk Sister i i As YY A na, dire pavi 03. w oll il A Voice by suffernz. He had abr ply raised hia ling under 8 balcinuation, bus fell i LO a siting posture as il ia | back inert alier making this supreme | effort . Then Sister Theresa, mastering her faelings and banishing the thoughts that were torture to her soul, went to the bedside of the dying man, and placing her hand upon his fevered brow, sald in a soft whisper: Die in bance; | shall pray for you, transfigared on hearing her gentle voion. Brave as are all Mahometans on he approach of death, he endured. this terriole sufferiogs with great for titude. He seemed to grow more quiet ench time that Sister Theresa put the cordial to his lips. At day. break his head fell back heavily io a spasm, As the oaid had breathed bis last the praying nun arose and pinned to the sheot of the dead mau, just over his heart, the cross of honor that was hanging at tae head of his bed. dusk, in rough wagons drawn by oxen, they are jolted up the abrupt slopes those Droidessés of an- | cient Gaol, so great in this respect she | inspires, us she moves about the hospi- | The face of Abhmed-bel- Adj seemed | UNDER A HEDGE If the race of gypisies is not cele brated for cleanliness, it cau certsin- ly cluim the bealthiul advantages to be gained from life in the open air, | The author of “Our Gypsies’ dwells | | [upon their repugosuce Ww the very | One pelonging to a wandering tribe, was | idea of hiving 1 a house, man, | | | | and apparently with great sincerity: heard w say, with strovg emphasis | Thavk God that 1 am not compelled | | livein the filth snd foul mir of | | towns! A young girl belonging to » | | gypsy train was ooly elaborating the | lame feeling when she declared: I lshould piue awa and die indoors, just as a lark would if you putit in la cage. 1 was boro in a tent, | have BY y i | lived in a teot, and I hope to die in 4 | Romany blood io him ever yet wili- ingly took tw the life of a houst- dweller. Meeting in London an old umbrel. Ia mender, who looked as if he might | belong to the race of wanderers, our | | author accosted him. | Am I right in supposing you to be | (a gypsy? Ou, yes sir, you are quite right, he | replied. I was born auder a hedge, and very nearly the whole of my lifetime I've slept under one, excepting now and | then, and especially the last six weeks during which I've slept in a house, I'm glad to hear of it, becagse I think the change you have made in your sieeping place is a step in the right direction — You may think so. id 1 rather supercilionsly, but wi point our opinions on that Wi at seems t sour reas! me a sirang } 0a sald, very « mphati a perie rence; I hav i Gave Iwo o \0g vi iY. Ciel, and ih teased wise {| asked the woman in the wi eel barr w | He's growin’ wus and was, replied | : : { her friend, with 8 him A grim rye right expression in her beady eyes, tie was right enough on wheels why i i | diden't he stay ono "em ! I {should expect would shortly happen | | to me if once I trusted myself between | i { ! Ah tobesure! | koow what lath and plaster, Bot it ain't the laths, and it aint the bricks my dear, rejoined ber friend. It's summit in the mortar which works its way into your cistern and that's what'll bunvick old Coop | er up, you mark my words. Bo though the word “system” is not always considered as interchangeable | with “cistern” it is evident that the gipsy had an origional theory of dis: eases. Youth's Companion, THE BEDFORD SPRINGS OF FUTURE, i | THE The Bediord Springs Company have obtained a charter aw are pio pariog to traosform the Spriogs into a modern resort. The purchase in. ar belonged io the Anderson family for a century past. The gentleman who form the present company vill at once proceed wo rebuild hotels, the and | kely erect sthery at different points, Heretofore iv has been almost impos- sible to procure the migeral Bedford, let walers Last to 8 New York firm to put a bottling plant ap al once, anywhere except at week the coutract was and io a short time the waters will be placed upon the mark- et in atbractive shape, — a — HIGH LICENSE 7 FOR WHAT? Michigas bas tried it as a tax. The courts sey 3% is not a license, to avoid tha odium of a sanction. The mans- ne of malt liquors $200, of spirituos $300— shops closed at eleven, and on election facturer pays 81.00 ). § seller they gaze npon the placid features of | tent. No one who has & real drop ot aod hollidays and Sundays, Results iz ten years, in round num. bers: 1. Bix skousand pay United States tax; 2.000 more tian pay State tax, i i“ Bales more than doubled, ’ » J 5 3. Paupers and criminals increased. 4. New wrecks of rum require new jails, more poor houses apd asylums, 5. State taxes more than trebled, beingearried up from $500,000 to lover] 600,600, 6. The traffic usual he froot is through bac k | All lays when lie closed, 1. drunkards reel ng our #lreets day and nignt. eons i great Jag id i wis of i his work i= found 1, 4% to adapt to the senti- men in all t} » 1 N 0 ments | wantions ol Hada The German Ocean, Discossing the ‘Picturesque quality of fudd, age Hitcheook says in ‘ The shallow, stormy German Ovean, breaking in censcless beauty on its white sands, is always a picture. Its waters olten mixed with sand, always in tions wake up in fine color what it inchs in tansparency from pale blue to warm red in the waveshadows, yel. lowish form, snd vet withal gray and harmonious. In high winds it breaks miles from the shore, when all the light in the picture seems 10 be in the mass of rising, foaming water ; then if threaeh this comes the black hall and rosat sails of un Hahing-bont, making for a place» coertin death to any other model it is indead a picture, w size of these boats makes them most useful ; onongh to com fooling and in L&T i
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